We will only be a temporary presence down there.

Hopefully the espers will see me as being sufficiently different from baseline Humanity to accept my temporary presence.

As you point out, a temporary presence at one location does not eliminate the threat to it.

Nine hours after their landing there was no clue left on Vagabond to reveal the temporary presence of the aliens.

The agreement also called for "a temporary international or foreign presence, as agreed upon," for Gaza and Jericho.

The date of their arrival is still disputed, although a temporary pre-Agricolan presence at least seems certain.

The fact that there was an environmental cell deep under the surface implied that there had once been at least a temporary human presence here.

And he noted that the idea was not new; the September accords would allow "a temporary international or foreign presence."

Even though Citibank's temporary presence, with 550 jobs, eventually folded - despite massive local subsidies - the location is still quite attractive for service businesses.

What was foreseen was the occasional and temporary presence of trouble-shooters.